Year: 2000
Duration: 120'
Kijima Hitoshi is a World War II veteran who has lived all his life with remorse for having abandoned a fellow soldier he had met at the front to his tragic destiny. For this reason, when Tamio suggests that he take part in a veterans' reunion, he refuses. However, he learns that the granddaughter of the man killed in the war will be at the gathering. Hitoshi changes his mind and shows up. The granddaughter, Yuriko, has a boyfriend who has just been hired by Utopia Corporation. The company pretends to help the elderly, but instead tries to rob them. Kijima decides to unmask their unscrupulous plans.
"As a child, my father and my grandmother often talked to me about the Second World War. The B - 29 unloaded their bombs and their lives were constantly in danger. They were always hungry. There was little to eat. I think that a lot of people went through the same experience. However, these stories should not be generalized. Each of them is a personal experience" (Shinozaki Makoto).
Biography
film director
Shinozaki Makoto
Shinozaki Makoto (Tokyo, 1963) is a university graduate in psychology. He worked as a film projectionist in a movie theater. At the same time he wrote film criticism for specialized and non-specialized journals. In 1995 he debuted as a director with Okaeri, which met with extraordinary international success and won an important award at the Berlin film festival. In 1999 he directed a documentary on Kitano Takeshi.
FILMOGRAFIA
Okaeri (1995), Jam Session: Official Bootleg of Kikujiro (doc, 1999), Wasurerarenu-hitobito (2000).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Shinozaki Makoto.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: Shinozaki Makoto, Yamamura Ryo.
Director of photography: Suzuki Kazuhiro.
Art director: Kanekatsu Koichi.
Editor: Tomita Nobuko.
Sound: Takizawa Osamu.
Music: Little Creatures.
Cast and characters: Mihashi Tatsuya (Kijima Hitoshi), Oki Minoru (Murata Heihachi), Aoki Tomio (Ito Tamio), Utsumi Keiko (Murata Shizue), Kazami Kyoko (Yoshikawa Koharu), Sanada Masumi (Kanayama Yuriko).
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Sadai Yuji, Kai Naoki, Sawai Katsuichi per Bitters End Inc., 101, 10-5 Sakuragaoka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, tel. +81-33-4620345, fax +81-33-4620621, e-mail bittend@jb3.so-net.ne.jp.
Co-production: Taki Corporation, Inc.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: Shinozaki Makoto, Yamamura Ryo.
Director of photography: Suzuki Kazuhiro.
Art director: Kanekatsu Koichi.
Editor: Tomita Nobuko.
Sound: Takizawa Osamu.
Music: Little Creatures.
Cast and characters: Mihashi Tatsuya (Kijima Hitoshi), Oki Minoru (Murata Heihachi), Aoki Tomio (Ito Tamio), Utsumi Keiko (Murata Shizue), Kazami Kyoko (Yoshikawa Koharu), Sanada Masumi (Kanayama Yuriko).
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Sadai Yuji, Kai Naoki, Sawai Katsuichi per Bitters End Inc., 101, 10-5 Sakuragaoka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, tel. +81-33-4620345, fax +81-33-4620621, e-mail bittend@jb3.so-net.ne.jp.
Co-production: Taki Corporation, Inc.